Clutch-operating means.



W A. BARKER. CLUTCH OPERATING MEANS.

APPLlCATlOH FILED HJNE 2- I917.

Patented 311116 25; 119R};

ATTORNEYS.

W. A. BARKER.

CLUTCH OPERATING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. 191?.

IN VEN TOR.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I!- ATTORNEYS.

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To all 'wltom it homem 4 Be it knownthat I, WENDELL A. BARKER,

' acitizen' .ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented "certain new andv useful Improvements in Clutch-Operating Means, of which the following is a-specificzh carryinga'rope'or cable-i's'loosely mounted on a shaft' andiisactuated and controlled by a friction band or bands carried by a continuouslymotating wheel or disk and 1 adapted to grip'or release a head or'fiange of thefd'rumlfl The principal object of the inventionisto provide an improved mecha-- nism-'f or eflectm the application and re leaseof, the friction band or bandsduring and without interrupting the turning move mentor the continuously-rotating wheel or disk carrying. the" same.

' Thf'subject 'atter 'ofthe invention, its principle'of operation, and the advantages inhering therem will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled-in the art from-a consideration of the following detail i the l1ne*2- 2 of Fig; 1,?with the cam-sleeve g 4) is rotatably mounted on the sleeves 22 ed description taken in; connection with the accompanying drawings, forming'a' part of this specification, wherein- 7 o Figure 1 is a sideelev'ation, partly' in vertical section, of a hoisting'machine em bodying my present improvements.

Fi .2 "'s an enlarged verticaLsection-on shown partly .in elevation.

, Ei 3 is section bn the line 3-1 of Fig. 2 logzing in the direction'of the arrow 3,

FY31. is also a section on the linei; 3-4 ofi- 1g.:2, looking in the direction of the ar- Referring to .the drawings, 5 designates the machine bed,"on either side of which is aside frame 6, inthe upper portions of whichlatter is suitably 'journaled a drum Shaft7. Keyedon the shaft 7 is alarge spider r 8th at meshes with and is driven by a p ion 9'-fast on the shaft 10 of an electric orother'suitable motor (not shown Loose on the shaft? is the winding drum or spool 11 on which is wound the usual rope or cable (not shown). The spool 11 is provided at one end with a head'or flange CLU'iCH-OPERATING MEANS.

\ Specification of Letters Iatent; Anpllcation filed im 2, 1917. Serialli'o. 172,860.

ing' the rim 28 and theperipher spider plate 33 is a ring 36 forme with an internalsgear '37 of the same size as the in- 12,. that cooperates with a pair of duplicate T E PATENT OFFICE" Patented J line 25, 1918..

clutch-straps 13 that are mounted on theinner face of the large gear 8; each of these st'raps being anchored at one end' thrfo'ugN'a metal fastener 14 to a lug or bracket'15onthe gear 8, and atvits other end 'being"pivota l1y connected through a 5 fastening member 16 to the outer end of the short'arm 17 of a lever that, is pivoted at w 18to the spider gear 8 and has an inwardly extending arm 19 that carriesat its free end'a roller 20. The arms 190i these levers are actuated outwardly radially of-the' gear 8, to apply the'friction clutch stra s to the head or flange of the drum-when t e pair of low'cams 21 formed .on the periphery 'z'o latter-is to be xrotated, by thelagency of a r of a cam sleeve 22 that isrotatably mounted I on thefshaft 7 alongside the hub of gear 8; said roller being'held' in engagement with said cams by tensile springs23 'anchored' at one end to the long arms 19 ofthe levers and at the other end to the rimof the'gear 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. p a

The sleeve 22 has formed thereon a gear 24, and keyed to. the shaft 7 is another sleeve 25 on which is formed a gear 26 of the same size as gear 24 and-lying alongside the latter. Mounted on the sleeve 25- is a housing member 27 formed with an inwardly projecting rim 28 that; carries an. internal gear 29.'- The member 27 is held stationary by means of a metal yoke strap 30.'( F ig.-'1) that is secured to a transverse element 31 of the machine frame by a link 32.- A spider consisting of side plates't33- and 34 andconnecting Webs 35 (Figs, 3 and-f and 25. Surrounding and rotatably engag-f of the chine. Fast on one end of shaft 4119 an operating arm 42 terminating in a handle 43.

Mounted on pins 44 extendinglbetweenand carried by the spider plates 33 and 34:

is a series of planetgears 45, herein shown hk 39' (Fig.1) to an"arn1 40fast on a; rock-shaft 41-journaled in the bed frame ofi'theflmw' as four in number, that mesh with the gears 24 an d"37, and mounted on the I 44 is a similar series of four planet v of the same size: as the gears i5 and lying, a1ongside;thelatter, tlfegears 46 with'the gears 26 and29.

, In the operation 0 tate in the same direction and at 'thesame speed as the shaft 7, -.In' other-words, there is 110 relative rotation hetween theml Conlevers rotates with the shaft 7-,there "is-no *actuation'ofthe levers. :When, now, it"is desired to apply the vclutch straps, the'arm 42 is swung toftheright Fig. 1,- which impartsa rotative" movement to the internal -"viewing-'Figs. I and,3.g, .This accelerates the gear 37in a coimter-clockwise.:direction,

rotation oft-he planet gear's 4:5,which latter,

in turn, impart? aa 1 -..aces-lei?ated rotation to the cam sleeveQfi-fcausin gthelatter to run ahead ofizthe shatt flan cansing-ithe'cams 21 to act on the'leveiis and-apply the clutchstraps to-tl'le hgad-ofthe' drum. -'-As soon as this manually "efi'ected rotative :movementoi the internal} gear 5'; :oeases, the cam sleeve and shaft"*again-, rotate: atg the; same speed, and las theg-j cam surgfaces are low andv long and thefthrrist. of the lever arms-is subfstantia'lly normal thereto l'no' locking means is required to preventbackward rotation of the cams vwhile.holdingthezclutch sucaps ape plied. [When ,the olutch straps are released, the arm 42-.isswung in thereverse direction, which imparts a rotative move ment tdthe. intemalgeari 37-inna clockwise tards the rotation o theuplanet gears {15,' and these latter, in turn, impart afrelativebackward vrotation.- =to, the cainsleeve 22',= whereupon the-springs 23 =-act to draw the".

lever arms 19' mwardly and-:release the" clutch-straps from; the head of thedr'mn.

'It'will be seen that, by a simple manipulat tion ofithe operating arm 42- the -elutch-strap f may be causedttoengage'or disengage the cable winding? drum ofthe ,machine ,without the necessity of starting or stoppingthe motor and; dur ng-the continuous rotation of the main drum ,shafiti rWhilef the result is broadly old invpatenteheretoforegran ed to me, the mechanism, herein described and claimed effects the ,resnlt in-a superior man- "n'er, withla greater; economy of space, undwith less wear and strain on the parts."

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nation with a continuouslyrotatingshaift',

that of said shaft. 1

. to said gear and at arm '65 'fof'isaid 'lever=-zind"adaptedto engage sa1d drum a'c'am sleeve loose on said shaft and carry ng a= cam'i -engag-ing the other arm of" said" lever, a planetary gear transmission {11601131118111 intermediate sald shaftand cam sleeve normally rotating the, latter.,in.,-thef same'idirectionandjat the samespee'das' said "movement" of'aii element of said transmission mechanism. while said, shaft is rotating wherehygjto accelerate oiretard-themotative v *ino'veni'ent of said: camisleeve:,=relatively }to, seqnently, since the gear .8 which carries the .l

gmeans, the cornbi nation with: a continuously; rotating shaft, and a :Windingdrumloose on said shaft, at a gear-fast on'said shaft, a lever pivotedon said gear, aclutchstrapsechred' at one end Inaelu'tchoper i to sa d geai andm itsother end to one''a'rh\- 'of said lev er j and; adapted 'to-, -engage said 'j drum," a ea-m; sleeve loose t on: said shaft and earryingi a'. earn engaging the other aumof said le e'rQa planetary,- gear transmission inechanismeonoentrlc with 'said- -lshaft inter- "mediate the. latter and said cam sleeve and 99 normally rotatin the, latter-yin the same direction and at the; same speed v as said shaft, ."rneans forgefi'ecting a--rotative 4 movement an element; of said transmis- 's'lon mechanism wh le said shaft is rotating wherebyjto accelerate or retard the rotative that of said'shaft.

3. In a clutch operating means, the combi natioii "with a continuously-rotating l f andawinding drum .looseon said shf a' 'geari fast on'said -shaft, a lever pivoted-on; said geanja clutch-strap secured at one'end to saidigear and at its otherendto; one arm" of said leVerIand adapted' to: engage said druni, a cam sleeve lo'ose'on said-shaft and carrying a cam-engaging, the other arm of said 'I1everj, 'a planetary.-gearstransmission'. mechanismfconcentric; with said: shaftinter mediate the latter and, said cam sleeve and normallyjotatingjthe latterin the-same. direction'and at the same speedias said shaft, said transmissionmechanism-including an, i I angularly shiftable inqerna1 gear,andmann ally operable means. for shifting said iiimovement of said cam sleeve =-relatively' 'ternal gear n; either; direct-iondurin the rotation'of said shaft whereby to acce e'rate' or 'retard ,the rotativemovementfof said 'camisleeve relatively'to-thatofsaidshaft.

4, 'Inla clnt'chjoperating means; the combi 11 nation; "a contin1 1 ously: i rotating 'sh'ziftf and j a wlndmgdrum, loose on said shait,"of"" said gear, a flfiCh-strap.lseeurediattone k/nd to said gear and fil -its other end one arr-11* 5 of 'sa i d; lever; and adapted to engage'said dru'xn', ;a cam SlBQYQJlQOSQE on :said shaft'a'nd said lever, a gear on said cam sleeve, a, sleeve fast on. said shaft and carrymg a gear of the same size as said cam-sleeve gea1',.

a spider journaled on said sleeves and carrying two series of planetary gears meshing with said sleeve gears respectively, a stationary internal gear meshing with one series of planetary gears, an angularly shift-v -able internal gear meshing with the other series of planetary gears, and manually op- 10 erable means for shifting said last named internal gear in either direction during the rotation of said shaft whereby to accelerate 0r retard the rotative movement of said cam sleeve relatively to that of said'shaft.

WENDELL ADDISONBARKER. 

